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UK: Mourners Warned of 24 Hour Wait in Line to Visit Queen’s Coffin

Temperatures in London dropped to 5C (41F) overnight but thousands of people still braved the cold to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II. By 4am, the waiting time for those wishing to file past the late monarch’s coffin had risen t 24 hours and the queue was “near total capacity”, the government’s live tracker […]

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Heavy rains anticipated as TS Fiona approaches

The citizens and residents of St Kitts and Nevis and others in the Eastern Caribbean are bracing for the impact of storm-like conditions as Tropical Storm Fiona start affecting the region later this evening. Senior met officer in St Kitts and Nevis Elmo Burke indicated the storm was located 123 miles East South East of […]

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REUTERS WORLD NEWS: Mass Grave in Ukraine, Trump Gets Win, Deadly Italy Floods, More

The Reuters Daily Briefing Friday, September 16, 2022 by Linda Noakes Hello Here’s what you need to know. Hundreds of bodies are found in a mass burial site in Ukraine, a judge rules for Trump over seized classified records, and why customers are holding up banks in Lebanon Today’s biggest stories Signal tape is seen […]

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Police in Haiti Blame Gang for Killing of Three Cops

By Micaiah Morgan Haiti’s National Police said it is investigating the recent slaying of three officers that it blamed on gang members. The agency said Wednesday that a gang called “Ti Makak,” which means Little Macaques, killed the officers on Tuesday in Laboule, a largely gated community located just south of Port-au-Prince. It is also […]

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SKN on Alert as Storm Fiona Moves Into E. Caribbean

Tropical Storm Fiona is heading for the Caribbean islands, prompting storm warnings and carrying the threat of flooding rains and mudslides this weekend. Fiona’s top winds have so far reached 80 kph and could rise to more than 100 as it makes its way through the Caribbean, the US National Hurricane Centre said. It is […]

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Retired Mexican General Arrested Over Students Who Vanished in 2014

Mexico City (CNN)Mexico has arrested retired army general José Rodríguez Pérez in relation to the bloody disappearance of 43 students in the city of Iguala, nearly eight years ago. Deputy secretary of security Ricardo Mejía announced the news on Thursday, referring to Rodríguez only as “the commander of the 27th Infantry Battalion when the events […]

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Cargo of Russian Crude Heads to Cuba

HOUSTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) – A cargo of Russia’s crude oil was heading to Cuba on Thursday, the latest import of Russian oil under sanctions by the Caribbean nation, which has an energy crisis. The Liberia-flagged tanker Kazan loaded about 700,000 barrels of Russia’s Urals crude at the Baltic port of Primorsk last week and […]

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Latin America and Caribbean Face Growing Climate Change Risks -Moody’s

MEXICO CITY, Sept 15 (Reuters) – Latin America and the Caribbean face multiple and increasingly frequent risks from a changing climate, ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service said on Thursday, with the risks highest for the region’s energy and extractive sectors. The dangers include sea level rise, unprecedented fires, droughts, floods and extreme weather, “with dangers […]

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Migrants Flown to Martha’s Vineyard Say They Were Misled

By Jonathan Allen and Ted Hesson MARTHA’S VINEYARD, Mass., Sept 15 (Reuters) – Some migrants who were flown to the wealthy island of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, said on Thursday they were duped about their destination, and Democratic leaders called for a probe of the move by Florida’s Republican governor to send them there from Texas. […]

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